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That so few understand me is why I am treasured.

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Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

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If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

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A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.

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The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted.

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A good wanderer leaves no trace.

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If your virtue is especially radiant, it can be possible to open a pathway to the subtle realm and receive these celestial teachings directly from the immortals.

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The cords of passion and desire weave a binding net around you. Worldly confrontation makes you stiff and inflexible. The trap of duality is tenacious. Bound, rigid, and trapped, you cannot experience liberation.

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What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out

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The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results; thus he is never disappointed. He is never disappointed; thus his spirit never grows old.

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...the more you talk of it, the less you understand.

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A violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day. Such is the course of Nature. And if Nature herself cannot sustain her efforts long, how much less can man!

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Nature is not human hearted.

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Trustable words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustable.

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Those who know others are intelligent Those who know themselves have insight. Those who master others have force Those who master themselves have strength.Those who know what is enough are wealthy. Those who persevere have direction. Those who maintain their position endure. And those who die and yet do not perish, live on.

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Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your mind is separated: from itself, from oneness, from the Tao.

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Obscure, like muddy waters.

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Confidence is the greatest friend.

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By steadily disciplining the animal nature, until it becomes one pointed, it is possible to establish conscious awareness of The Eternal.

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Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising by returning to itself, winning victories by remaining gentle and yielding, it is softer than anything, and therefore overcomes everything hard.

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